WINNIPEG – Today is the two year anniversary of the disappearance of Eduardo Balaquit. Police continue to investigate but they believe he was a victim of crime soon after arriving at work that evening at a business in the 300 block of Keewatin Street. Officers continue to seek information about a blue 2010-2015 Ford Escape…
MORE WORKERS MAY QUALIFY
WINNIPEG – More of Manitoba’s front-line workers might be eligible for a CoVid-19 risk payment. The $120 million dollar program was announced recently and details were released this week but some union officials are complaining because they weren’t part of the process. Critics also don’t like the $2,500 a month cutoff. Premier Brian Pallister now…
WINNIPEG OFFICIALS ON MINNY
WINNIPEG – While protesting, rioting and looting continues in many cities across America, officials here are reacting to the killing in Minneapolis that started it all. Mayor Brian Bowman says watching the George Floyd video made him really angry. He also talked about racism in our city. Police chief Danny Smyth says he was sickened…
#CharleswoodBear
WINNIPEG – Police and conservation officers spent a long day yesterday monitoring and tracking a black bear in Charleswood. Posts on social media dubbed him #CharlieTheBear. This Twitter photo was taken and posted by @walsht when the bear, likely two or three years old, climbed up a tree in the 600 block of Pepperloaf Crescent…
MAX SENTENCE FOR KID BANDIT
WINNIPEG – A 15 year old boy has received the maximum sentence for a violent liquor mart robbery late last year. The three year sentence includes community supervision if he gets treatment for substance abuse. The robbery last November at the Tyndall Market mall was a very scary one which saw one of the female…
WALK WINNIPEG’S LOOP
WINNIPEG – It’s Tourism Week across Canada and to celebrate, you’re being encouraged to check out the Winnipeg Loop. The self-guided walking tour starts under the canopy at the Forks Market Plaza and stretches nine and a half kilometres. The three and a half hour tour takes you to almost 60 significant spots and attractions…
BOEING LAYOFFS
WINNIPEG – The local aerospace industry is seeing layoffs. Boeing has notified workers that some of them are being let go. About 400 Winnipeg jobs will be lost through voluntary and involuntary layoffs, as well as normal attrition. That’s about a-quarter of the Boeing workforce here. The company says CoVid-19 has hit hard, especially the…
NEW FIRE SIRENS
WINNIPEG – The city’s fire trucks will start getting new sirens. The noise these sirens make are easier for both drivers and pedestrians to hear. Vehicles are more sound-proof these days and people are often walking with earbuds in. One siren has low frequency sounds, while another has a high pitch. They’ll work together to…
2 OVERNIGHT FIRES
WINNIPEG – No one was hurt in two early morning blazes. The first, at around 2:30, was a garage in the 200 block of Watt Street. Then, about half an hour later, crews were called to a house fire in the first block of Vale Place. It was caused by a smoker disposing of a…
THANKS BUT NO THANKS
WINNIPEG – The head of the United Firefighters of Winnipeg doesn’t think his members should receive a special payment for frontline workers. Alex Forrest has written an open letter to Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister saying the gesture is appreciated but not necessary. Forrest says firefighters and paramedics are simply doing the dangerous work they signed…